On the 6th, at the 1473th’Regular Demand Demonstration to Solve the Japanese Military Sex Slavery Problem’ held in front of the former Japanese embassy in Jongno-gu, Seoul, a hat and a scarf are worn on the girl’s statue. [뉴스1]
– The ruling of the first trial of a lawsuit filed against the Japanese government by the victims of comfort women was confirmed. The court ruled on the 8th that the Japanese government pay 100 million won per person to 12 victims of comfort women, including the late grandmother Bae Chun-hee.
According to a court on the 23rd, the Japanese government did not file an appeal until midnight on the previous day, which is the possible appeal period. This confirmed the decision of the first trial.
Under the Civil Procedure Act, an appeal must be made within two weeks from the date the judgment is served. On the 8th, the court sent the ruling of the first trial to the Japanese government through public service. The Japanese side did not file an appeal with the court until midnight on the eve of the possible appeal period.
During the trial process, the Japanese government has refused to comply with the lawsuit by proposing the principle of “state immunity” (sovereign immunity) under customary international law that the sovereign state does not stand in the courts of other countries. However, the 34th Division of the Civil Agreement of the Seoul Central District Court (Director Jeong-Gon Kim), who was in charge of the trial, determined that it had the right to judge in a Korean court because it was an anti-humane crime at the national level.
Shortly after the ruling came out, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi refuted in a discourse that “it is never acceptable.” In addition, he said, “I will not appeal.”
Reporter Na Unchae [email protected]
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